2024 CFB Sides: 24-16 (+6.4 units)
2024 CFB Props: 8-2 (+5.8 units)
It was a decent regular season for our college football best bets. I stuck to a lower volume approach this year and the result was a profit of +12.2 units. Though the sides have struggled the last couple of weeks, the rushing props videos have been doing well on our X page.
As the famous Christmas carol goes, "It's the most wonderful time of the year". Not only is Christmas right around the corner, but so is college football's bowl season. I'm happy to report that there are 47 bowl games between December 14th and the National Championship on January 20th.
Get a jump start on the bowl season by checking out our 2 early best bets. In this piece, we'll focus on the New Orleans Bowl and one of the CFP games. Let's see if we can capture some coveted closing line value on these two plays. Good luck, sports betting family!
Georgia Southern vs Sam Houston State: 7:00 PM EST on Dec. 19th
Hard Rock is still pricing this bad boy at +7, so I highly recommend picking that up if they're available in your neck of the woods. The rest of the market has this priced in the 5.5 to 6 range, so we're getting one heck of a bargain at Hard Rock right now. Jump on this before it moves!
The New Orleans Bowl may not sound like that big of a deal to some folks, but you can bet (pun intended) that it's a huge deal to this Sam Houston State squad. This will be the Bearkats' first-ever bowl game, so it's safe to say we can expect a maximum effort from them in this spot.
Georgia Southern isn't a bad team, and they definitely deserve to be favored, but I think the books have made this one about three points too high. The Eagles finished the season at 8-4, but their suspect defense makes me like the Bearkats quite a bit here in the Caesars Superdome.
SMU at Penn State: Noon PM EST on Dec. 21st
I mentioned in my bracket article that I probably wouldn't bet on this game, but I lied. Although I don't see much of an edge from a power ratings perspective, I think this moment will be too big for this SMU squad. The Mustangs have had a fantastic season, but they've yet to play in an environment as hostile as Happy Valley.
Sure, Kevin Jennings is an absolute stud, but he's yet to see anything like this Penn State defensive line. Star edge rusher Abdul Carter had 10 sacks this season, and I could see him making Jennings's life miserable in this matchup. The Nittany Lions defense ranks 8th in both points allowed and yards per play allowed.
Drew Allar let me down against Ohio State earlier this year, but he played a heck of a ball game against Oregon in the Big Ten Title Game last weekend. Allar should be able to have some success against a Ponies secondary that allows 241.8 passing yards per game (94th). Let's lay the big number with the Nittany Lions!